API & AI gateways · Field engineering
I help enterprises run APIs and AI agents in production.
I’m Kuldeep, a Senior Staff Field Engineer at Kong in the Netherlands. I’ve spent over a decade building API platforms on Apigee, MuleSoft, 3scale and Kong, and I write about gateway architecture, governance as code, and what changes when the traffic is AI agents.
What I work on
AI gateways & agents
Token budgets, model fallback, MCP and per-tool authorization: running LLM and agent traffic safely.
API platform craft
Migrations, config linting, governance as code and observability that tells you something useful.
Field notes
How a field engineer works in the AI era, and lessons from life between India and the Netherlands.
Latest writing
All writing →- Run Local LLMs with Ollama + Open WebUI in DockerA quick guide to running large language models like LLaMA 3 locally using Ollama and Open WebUI with Docker Compose - no OpenAI key or internet required.
- Validating Kong Route Paths with a Custom RulesetPrevent misconfigured Kong route paths from reaching production with a lightweight ruleset that validates basic route path hygiene.
- Kong Gateway Hybrid Mode Setup - Using Helm 🚀A beginner's guide to setting up Kong Gateway in hybrid mode with Helm charts.
- Managing multiple decK versions locally with Kong decK Version Manager (DVM)How to install, switch between and list decK versions locally with the decK Version Manager (DVM).